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NYPD: Ex-NBA star Jayson Williams charged with DWI

Published Jan. 5, 2010 1:37 p.m. ET

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New York City police say former NBA player Jayson Williams has been charged with drunken driving after his SUV struck a tree in Manhattan.

Williams suffered cuts to his face. Police say it appeared Williams was drinking before the accident at 3:15 a.m. Tuesday on a northbound exit of FDR Drive. He was charged at his hospital bed.

Williams was in the passenger seat when officers arrived. But witnesses told police they saw him on the driver's side. Officers say no one else was in the car.

The name of his attorney was not immediately on record. Last month, lawyers in New Jersey asked to be removed from his defense against a reckless manslaughter charge stemming from a 2002 shooting.

Williams retired in 2000 after nine seasons in the NBA.